Michael on Media
Michael Rosenblum has been writing about the media since 1988. His work and ideas have appeared in The Guardian, The Huffington Post, Ilkeston Life and many other publications.
He has been blogging regularly for the past 35 years on this subject. Having taught media studies at Columbia University, NYU and now the University of Oxford, he is considered an expert on this subject.
Mike Van Horn’s Mixed Martial Arts Reality Show Pitch
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cthr9RXKU0[/youtube] The characters are unbelievably good Mike Van Horn is a graduate of the Travel Channel Academy. That means he ‘chopped the carrots’ just like you. Now, he’s moved on to more interesting chopping than carrots. He just sent...
Read moreA K.I.S.S. from Apple
Genius Like pretty much everyone else I know, I am about half-way through Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs. There are many take-aways from the book, which I urge you to read, but one that really is sticking with...
Read moreHow To Record Great Audio At Home For Under $100
Just talk… This weekend we ran an intensive video training bootcamp right here at the Museum Tower – which made life easier for us and more pleasant for our students. A few weeks ago, we talked about ‘how to...
Read moreHollister Video?
Crying out for content…. Yesterday I was walking down Fifth Avenue and I passed the new Hollister store (52nd and Fifth). Hollister, for those who don’t know, is a hip and trendy clothing store. They are owned by the...
Read moreThe Tragedy of Kodak
Open Me First When Christmas time came around, the infamous KODAK box had a tag on it that said “open me first’, so that you could take pictures of the everyone opening the rest of their gifts. Yesterday, Kodak’s...
Read moreJoin Us For Caribbean Video/Filmmaking Bootcamp
Lights… cameras…. sand…. sun…. music….palms….. Next Tuesday we leave New York aboard the Crystal Symphony for our 12-day ‘filmmaking cruise’, via Bermuda and the Islands of the Caribbean en route to Miami. We’re bringing 40 cameras and edits along...
Read moreiPhone 4 vs. Canon 5D MKII – a side by side comparison
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dj576OUF8YQ[/youtube] Can you tell which is which? This is from Robino Films Here’s a “fair” test between the iPhone 4S and the Canon 5D MK II. I made a little rig that allowed me to shoot both cameras at...
Read moreMy First Computer
NECÂ APC 1 – Advanced Personal Computer Yesterday, old friend and long time professional NBC camerman Jim Long posted a challenge on Facebook: “What was your first computer”. This brought back a raft of memories. Mine was the NEC (Nippon...
Read moreIrony On Wall Street
the price of progress Normally, I don’t go near political issues here, but today I will make an exception And I am not getting political. I am only making an observation about technology. The protests on Wall Street #OWS...
Read morePicture Perfect – The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP9cfQx2OZY[/youtube] The Good, The Bad and the Ugly… but mostly pretty good… Yesterday, in our live webcast (which you can see here probably by the end of today), Josemarie asked me what I meant when I said ‘the shooting...
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